The Minnesota Vikings aren’t content with their 6-1 record.
That’s why, sensing an opportunity in a down year for most of the NFC, general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah made a big splash hours before the NFL’s trade deadline. The Vikings added T.J. Hockenson — a 25-year-old whose 15.3 yards per catch is tops among all tight ends in 2022 — to a receiving corps that already features Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen.
The Detroit Lions will receive a second- and third-round pick in exchange for their former starting tight end, a fourth-rounder and an additional conditional fourth. Hockenson will immediately upgrade a position group led by Irv Smith Jr., Hockenson has 26 receptions for 395 yards in the middle of a Lions offense that passes a lot, but is still led by broken toy Jared Goff behind center.
The Vikings got a tight end upgrade. The Lions got a pretty decent draft haul. Who got the better end of this deal?